Formatting the drive in the older versions of Mac .

Formatting an ATA hard drive in Macintosh operating system 8.X thru 9.X.

Step1.

After hooking up the hard drive either boot off the CD or the main Macintosh HD then go to the Apple System Profiler located under the Apple menu. From there go to Devices and Volumes and check to see if the hard drive that is going to be formatted is properly displayed. If the drive is not displayed make sure that the drive is properly installed or connected.

Step 2.

Once the drive is detected and determined to be the one that is to be formatted go to the System Folder, Utilities, Drive Setup, and 'click' on the "Drive Setup" icon.

Step 3

'Click' on the drive you want to format then 'click' Initialize.

'Click' either on Initialize for a single volume format or 'click' on Custom Setup to specify type of format, partition, and size. For Custom Setup instructions go to Step 4.

Step 4.

In Custom Setup select the Partition Scheme, the type of format, and the size. Then 'click' on OK.

Step 5.

This will then take you to the Initialize screen. 'Click' on initialize. After the drive initializes it will be ready for use.

Step 6.

To verify that the system recognizes the correct partitions, size, and format go back to Apple System Profiler and select the Devices and Volumes folder. Check the information from the pull downs.